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Event archive
July 2024
Training
Training on detention monitoring and the protection of human rights while preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in prisons
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is organizing a regional training course to strengthen the knowledge and skills of independent detention monitors from selected European countries with regard to…
June 2024
Conference
31st Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
The 31st Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will take place in Bucharest, Romania, from 29 June to 3 July 2024. Under the general theme “The Role of the OSCE in the Current Security Architecture: A Parliamentary Perspective,”…
Meeting
ODIHR International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council (ISTAC) Annual Meeting
An annual meeting of the ODIHR International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council (ISTAC) will take place in Warsaw on 27 and 28 June 2024. The meeting will provide a platform for dialogue and co-operation among ISTAC members and…
Conference
BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Protecting journalists to advance media freedom - OSCE Central Asia safety of journalists event
Media freedom is crucial for the health of democratic societies. It allows for the free exchange of information, encourages transparency, and holds those in power accountable. However, the safety of journalists, which is fundamental to…
Training
Engaging the Ukrainian diaspora in reconstruction and development: democracy and human rights dimensions - training
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in partnership with a Research England Policy Support Project of the University of Warwick and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
Conference
2024 Annual Security Review Conference
The Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) is the OSCE’s main event for enhancing dialogue on regional security challenges.
Conference
Tolerance and Non-Discrimination and Gender Equality: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting III
Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings are mandated meetings, organized within the framework of the Permanent Council by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, with support from ODIHR and other OSCE Institutions.
Workshop
Making the Law Count: Interactive Workshop on Democratic Lawmaking
An interactive workshop on democratic lawmaking, entitled “Making the Law Count”, will take place in Warsaw on 24 and 25 June 2024. Following the publication of the ODIHR Guidelines on Democratic Lawmaking for Better Laws (2024), leading…
Seminar
Lviv International Law Summer School
To equip future legal professionals with knowledge and instruments to effectively protect human rights and apply international law, the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine in cooperation with the Supreme Court…
Conference
Second Preparatory Meeting of the 31st OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum
The Second Preparatory Meeting of the 31st OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum dedicated to “Enhancing security and stability in the OSCE region through digital innovation, contributing to sustainable development and climate adaptation”…
Seminar
Addressing the psychological needs of hate crime victims through a trauma-informed approach
Hate crimes target victims simply for who they are and send a message of rejection to all those who share the victim’s identity traits. For this reason, hate crimes can have a greater impact on victims than other crimes and can cause…
Training
2024 NHRI Academy: Securitization and Human Rights
The 2024 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) Academy focuses on strengthening NHRIs’ capacity to address challenges related to securitization, enabling NHRIs, through their mandate, to address securitization issues that have a direct…
Meeting
Protecting human rights in prisons while preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization to terrorism: the role of independent detention monitoring
On 11 June 2024, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with Penal Reform International (PRI), will hold a webinar to launch the French translation of “ Protecting Human Rights in Prisons while…
Training
Amicus Curiae in Constitutional Proceedings. Basic Course on Writing Legal Submissions
Do you have something to say on a case the Constitutional Court is deliberating on? Does your NGO actively work with issues that have become the subject-matter of constitutional proceedings? Has your institution received a request from the…
Workshop
"Drops of the Future" - Youth Workshop Water-Food-Energy Nexus
Open Call for Application The OSCE, together with Switzerland, is organizing the Youth Workshop “Drops of the Future” on the Water-Food-Energy Nexus. The workshop will take place in the margins of the Third High-Level International…
Ceremony
Art exhibition “There is only a moment”, displaying works of Antonina Kolobniova
The OSCE Mission to Moldova will host the art exhibition “There is only a moment” featuring paintings by Antonina Kolobniova. The opening of the exhibition will take place on 5 June, at 15:00, at the Tiraspol Office of the OSCE Mission to…